Streetside Savoury Pork Rice Flour Cake

Name: Streetside Savoury Pork Rice Flour Cake (Bánh Mặn)
Yield: Makes 25 pieces
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) dipping fish sauce; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) jicama, peeled and cut into 1 cm (½ inch) dice; 1 small handful coriander (cilantro) leaves; 2 spring onions (scallions), sliced; 6 red Asian shallots, diced; 100 g (3½ oz) minced pork; 100 g (3½ oz/1 cup) dried shrimp; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) vegetable oil; 550 ml (19 fl oz) coconut milk; 2 tablespoons sugar; 300 g (10½ oz/2¼ cups) rice flour; 50 g (1¾ oz/⅓ cup) plain (all-purpose) flour

Bánh Mặn

Preparation info

Makes
25 pieces

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

About

WHEN TRAVELLING IN VIETNAM, I OFTEN EAT THIS STREETSIDE DISH. BANH MAN IS A VERY TRADITIONAL SNACK THAT YOU ONLY SEE LOCALS EAT. IT HAS UNUSUAL FLAVOURS AND TEXTURES, AND IS A DISH THAT I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO.

Ingredients

300 g (10½ oz/2¼ cups) rice flour
50

Asia
Vietnam
Phan Thiet
Snack
Southeast Asia

Method

In a bowl, combine the rice flour, flour, coconut milk, sugar, 2 teaspoons salt and 450 ml (16 fl oz) of wate